2 migrant workers shot by terrorists in J&K, second targeted attack in 12 days

Two migrant labourers were shot at by terrorists in the Magam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday.

The two injured migrant workers have been identified as 25-year-old Sofiyan and 20-year-old Usman Malik, both from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. They have been admitted to JVC Hospital Bemina in Srinagar. Both the labourers were working as daily wagers with the Jal Shakti Department. They were wounded after receiving gunshots, but their condition is said to be stable.

Upon receiving the information, security forces reached the spot and a search operation for the terrorists was launched. The latest attack on non-locals in Jammu and Kashmir came 12 days after one doctor and six migrant workers were killed after terrorists opened fire at a construction site in the Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district.

The doctor and workers attacked were part of the construction team working on the Z-Morh tunnel, which connects Gaganeer to Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal.

On October 18, terrorists killed a migrant worker from Bihar in Shopian district. The locals found the worker’s bullet-riddled body in the Waduna area of Zainapora in Shopian district in south Kashmir.